New PSA study finds that Reading Partners fosters the professional skills of its AmeriCorps members as well as informs their educational and career pathways, and influences their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to civic engagement. See study overview, executive summary, and reports here.
Read MorePSA evaluated a drop-in, library-based out-of-school time (OST) program in Philadelphia, with support from the William Penn Foundation. Our evaluation of LEAP (Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program), operated by the Free Library of Philadelphia, explored the program’s contribution to the City of Philadelphia’s comprehensive OST system.
Read MoreThe National AfterSchool Association (NAA) released a new PSA research review by Christina Russell and Alisha Butler on the racial leadership gap across the nonprofit sector, including afterschool, and strategies to strengthen institutional structures and leadership pipelines to support emerging leaders of color. This report will inform NAA’s new Professional Learning Community for Emerging Leaders of Color, supported by the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation.
Read MoreThe Center for Global Education at Asia Society has released a new paper authored by PSA’s Yvonne Woods on the role of global education in community and technical colleges, especially within Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. The paper provides examples to support colleges and their faculty in integrating global competence into course content that prepares students for 21st century careers.
Read MorePSA is the co-author of a newly released report on the implementation of the federally funded Title VI Indian Education Formula Grants Program.
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